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Webcam
The tablet’s camera, ready for the apps on your computer
A tablet you have paired becomes a camera the computer can use. It is listed under the device’s own name with "(Decky Cam)" after it, so Zoom, Teams and Chrome find it in the camera list they already have. Over the cable or over Wi-Fi, either way.
Support: Use the device as a webcamOn the list, beside the built-in one
Apps that support virtual cameras can select it from their camera list. macOS asks once for permission in System Settings; on Windows, the camera privacy settings in Windows Settings apply. Compatibility varies by app.
Start it when you need it
Connecting a tablet does not open its camera. Start the webcam with Decky Display visible, either from the tablet or by selecting it in an app on the computer. Once active, it can keep sending video while you use another Android app.
Aimed from the computer
Lens, size, framing, rotation, zoom, pan, mirroring and lens distortion are all set from the computer, per device. On a Mac, the camera is live in the same panel while you change them.
Every control is that device's own
The lens rows are the lenses the tablet reported. The sizes are the rungs that lens can actually feed, and the zoom slider stops where the lens stops.
Only a trusted device may hand one over
Somebody who joined a Room with a Room code may watch what is on the wall. Giving the computer a camera takes a paired device, and a computer that refuses says why instead of leaving a tablet streaming into nothing with its light on.
A screen and a camera at the same time
The camera has its own place on the connection instead of borrowing the one the screen uses, so a tablet can show your desktop and be your camera at once. Neither has to stop for the other.